/* Blog pages only. Reuses main.css tokens/classes (.card-3d, .tag, .label, h2, .desc); this file adds only what doesn't exist yet: article prose, the index grid, and a light-theme toggle. main.css's body default is the Shikamaru display font (--fb) — a stylized display face, fine for a one-line logo/hero but unreadable at paragraph or heading-of-many length. Everything text-heavy here (prose AND headings) uses Space Grotesk instead (already loaded site-wide via the Google Fonts link in ) — only short chips (.tag, .label, nav) stay on the brand font. */ /* Article titles now read on Space Grotesk too, same as post h1 — Shikamaru stays only on short chips (.tag/.label/nav), everything longer than a couple words reads better on the normal body font. */ .post-body, .post h1, .post-hero-content h1, .empty-state, .blog-intro, .featured-desc, .featured-meta, .row-cat, .row-date, .post-meta, .featured-title, .row-title, .post-body h2, .post-body h3 { font-family: 'Space Grotesk', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; } /* ─── LIGHT THEME (opt-in via .theme-toggle, default is the site's dark look) ─── */ body.theme-light { --bg: #f7f4ee; --bg2: #ece7dc; --ink: #c23f2d; --ink2: color-mix(in srgb, #241f18 68%, transparent); --ink3: color-mix(in srgb, #241f18 42%, transparent); --pink: #c23f2d; --pink2: color-mix(in srgb, #c23f2d 80%, black); --card: #ffffff; } .theme-toggle { background: none; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.18); border-radius: 999px; width: 30px; height: 30px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; cursor: pointer; color: var(--ink2); font-size: 0.85rem; line-height: 1; transition: color 0.2s, border-color 0.2s; } .theme-toggle:hover { color: var(--pink); border-color: var(--pink); } body.theme-light .theme-toggle { border-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.15); } .f-links .theme-toggle { margin-left: 12px; vertical-align: middle; } /* Coral footer is heavy at its default (main.css) padding — blog pages want the article to stay the strongest element on the page, so this trims it ~38%. */ footer.footer--blog { padding: 15px var(--pad); } /* Sticky footer, scoped to blog pages only (homepage's scroll-driven hero doesn't want its body turned into a flex column) — keeps the footer from riding up into empty space on a tall viewport with little content (e.g. the zero-post state). */ body.blog-page { display: flex; flex-direction: column; min-height: 100vh; } body.blog-page .blog-shell { flex: 1 0 auto; } body.blog-page footer { flex-shrink: 0; } .blog-shell { max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; padding: calc(var(--nav-h) + 64px) var(--pad) 120px; } /* main.css's generic `section { padding: clamp(80px,12vw,140px) ... }` is sized for the homepage's full-bleed sections. .blog-hero/.featured-wrap/.older-posts are also
tags, so without this they silently inherit that ~80-140px top+bottom padding on top of the margins below — the actual cause of the oversized gaps between hero/featured/list. */ .blog-hero, .featured-wrap, .older-posts { padding: 0; } .empty-state { color: var(--ink2); } /* ─── HERO ─── */ .blog-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(3rem, 5vw, 4rem); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 20px; } .blog-intro { font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.1vw, 1.125rem); line-height: 1.7; color: var(--ink2); max-width: 600px; } /* ─── LAYOUT — featured card left, other posts right (matches the reference: two columns on desktop, stacked back to one below ~900px) ─── */ .blog-columns { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.3fr 1fr; gap: 64px; align-items: start; margin-top: 64px; } @media (max-width: 900px) { .blog-columns { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 56px; } } /* ─── FEATURED (latest) ARTICLE ─── */ .featured-post { position: relative; border-radius: var(--radius-sm); border: 1px solid transparent; transition: transform 300ms ease, background-color 300ms ease, border-color 300ms ease, box-shadow 300ms ease; } .featured-link { display: flex; flex-direction: column; background: var(--card); border-radius: inherit; overflow: hidden; /* clips the image to the card's own rounded corners */ } .featured-post-image { display: block; width: 100%; height: 200px; object-fit: cover; } .featured-link-body { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 10px; padding: 24px 28px 22px; } .featured-post:hover, .featured-post:focus-within { transform: translateY(-4px); border-color: var(--pink); box-shadow: 0 12px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); } .featured-post:hover .featured-link, .featured-post:focus-within .featured-link { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--card) 90%, white 10%); } /* Stretched-link: the title is the only real anchor, but its ::after covers the whole card so the entire card stays clickable (per the original design brief) — while the tag links below stay independently clickable by sitting above the overlay (z-index). */ .featured-title-link { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; } .featured-title-link::after { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 1; } .featured-title-link:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--pink); outline-offset: 4px; } .featured-tags { position: relative; z-index: 2; font-family: var(--ff); font-size: 0.7rem; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink3); } .featured-tags a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; } .featured-tags a:hover { color: var(--pink); } .featured-title { font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.2vw, 1.6rem); font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em; color: var(--ink); } .featured-bottom-row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 16px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 4px; } .featured-meta { font-size: 0.7rem; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink3); } .featured-cta { font-size: 0.75rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--pink); white-space: nowrap; } .featured-cta .arrow { display: inline-block; transition: transform 300ms ease; } .featured-post:hover .arrow, .featured-post:focus-within .arrow { transform: translateX(4px); } /* ─── OLDER ARTICLES — editorial list, no cards ─── */ .older-posts { margin-top: 0; } .post-list { list-style: none; } .post-row { border-top: 1px solid rgba(127,127,127,0.18); } .post-row:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(127,127,127,0.18); } .post-row-link { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; align-items: center; gap: 20px; padding: 24px 4px; text-decoration: none; color: inherit; } /* Each is its own independent grid container, so rows with a thumbnail and rows without (e.g. a future post with no custom image) don't need to share one column layout — this variant just adds a column, nothing else moves. */ .post-row-link--has-thumb { grid-template-columns: 64px 1fr auto; } .row-thumb { width: 64px; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; border-radius: var(--radius-xs); } .post-row-link:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--pink); outline-offset: 4px; border-radius: var(--radius-xs); } .row-title { font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.3; transition: color 250ms ease; } .row-meta { display: block; margin-top: 6px; font-size: 0.72rem; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink3); } /* Sits below .post-row-link (not inside it — an can't contain another , and each tag links to its own /blog/tag/ page) but still reads as part of the same row. */ .row-tags { padding: 0 4px 20px 4px; margin-top: -12px; font-family: var(--ff); font-size: 0.68rem; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink3); } .post-row:has(.post-row-link--has-thumb) .row-tags { padding-left: calc(4px + 64px + 20px); } .row-tags a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; } .row-tags a:hover { color: var(--pink); } .row-arrow { font-size: 1.1rem; color: var(--ink3); transition: transform 250ms ease, color 250ms ease; } .post-row-link:hover .row-title, .post-row-link:focus-visible .row-title { color: var(--pink); } .post-row-link:hover .row-arrow, .post-row-link:focus-visible .row-arrow { color: var(--pink); transform: translateX(4px); } @media (max-width: 640px) { .featured-post-image { height: 160px; } .post-row-link { grid-template-columns: 1fr 20px; gap: 12px; align-items: start; } .post-row-link--has-thumb { grid-template-columns: 44px 1fr 20px; } .row-thumb { width: 44px; height: 44px; } .row-meta { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 2px; } .row-tags { padding-left: 4px; } .post-row:has(.post-row-link--has-thumb) .row-tags { padding-left: calc(4px + 44px + 12px); } } /* The index page (.blog-hero etc.) stays left-aligned within .blog-shell by design — but an individual article reads better centered, at a narrower column than the shell's 880px, so this re-centers just the article regardless of .blog-shell's own alignment. */ .post { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto; } .post h1, .post-hero-content h1 { font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.5vw, 3.2rem); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 20px; } .post-tags { display: flex; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 20px; } .post-tags .tag { text-decoration: none; } .post-meta { font-size: 0.8rem; letter-spacing: 0.02em; color: var(--ink3); margin-bottom: 40px; } .post-meta .post-author { color: var(--ink2); text-decoration: none; } .post-meta .post-author:hover { color: var(--pink); } /* ─── HERO BANNER — full-bleed image, header text overlaid on top of it ─── Inserted before
(see pre_main_html in page_shell) specifically so it can escape .blog-shell's centered 880px column and run edge-to-edge. Text colors here are hard-coded rather than themed (--ink/--ink2 etc.) because the scrim behind the text is always dark regardless of the light/dark toggle — themed colors would go dark-on-dark in light mode. */ .post-hero-banner { position: relative; display: flex; align-items: flex-end; min-height: 85vh; overflow: hidden; background: #000; /* shows through instantly, before the image decodes */ } .post-hero-bg { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; } /* Two layers: a soft frosted-glass blur right behind the text (kills legibility problems from busy image detail, e.g. the light sky the title used to sit on) plus a strong bottom-weighted gradient so contrast holds no matter what's under it — a flat gradient alone wasn't dark enough by the time it reached the title. */ .post-hero-scrim { position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(6,5,4,0.32) 0%, rgba(6,5,4,0.5) 30%, rgba(6,5,4,0.82) 62%, rgba(6,5,4,0.97) 100%); } .post-hero-blur { position: absolute; inset: 30% 0 0 0; backdrop-filter: blur(6px); -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px); mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0%, #000 40%); -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0%, #000 40%); } /* Coral edge — echoes the same bottom accent bar the auto-generated OG cards use, so a hero banner and a typographic fallback card still read as one family. */ .post-hero-banner::after { content: ''; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; height: 4px; background: var(--pink); z-index: 2; } .post-hero-content { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: 100%; max-width: 880px; margin: 0 auto; padding: calc(var(--nav-h) + 40px) var(--pad) 60px; } .post-hero-content .post-back a { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7); } .post-hero-content .post-back a:hover { color: var(--pink); } .post-hero-content .tag { background: rgba(255,255,255,0.1); border-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.3); color: #fff; } .post-hero-content .tag:hover { background: var(--pink); border-color: var(--pink); } .post-hero-content h1 { color: #f7f1e4; text-shadow: 0 6px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.6); } .post-hero-content .post-meta { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.85); margin-bottom: 0; } .post-hero-content .post-meta .post-author { color: #fff; } .post-hero-content .post-meta .post-author:hover { color: var(--pink); } /* Post pages with a hero banner don't need .blog-shell's own top padding — the banner already clears the fixed nav on its own. */ .blog-shell--has-hero { padding-top: 56px; } @media (max-width: 640px) { .post-hero-banner { min-height: 65vh; } .post-hero-content { padding-top: calc(var(--nav-h) + 24px); } } .post-body { color: var(--ink2); line-height: 1.8; font-size: 1.05rem; } .post-body h2 { color: var(--ink); font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 3vw, 1.9rem); line-height: 1.2; margin: 48px 0 16px; } .post-body h3 { color: var(--ink); font-size: 1.2rem; margin: 32px 0 12px; } .post-body p { margin-bottom: 20px; } .post-body ul, .post-body ol { margin: 0 0 20px 1.4em; } .post-body li { margin-bottom: 8px; } .post-body a { color: var(--pink); } .post-body strong { color: var(--ink); } .post-body code { background: var(--card); padding: 2px 6px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 0.9em; } .post-body pre { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid rgba(127,127,127,0.18); padding: 20px; border-radius: var(--radius-xs); overflow-x: auto; margin-bottom: 20px; } /* Highlight/callout box — write one in a post with: !!! note "Title" indented body text (the "admonition" markdown extension ships with the `markdown` package already installed, so this needed no new dependency). One visual treatment covers every note/tip/warning type — this is a generic "highlight this" box, not a severity system. */ .post-body .admonition { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid rgba(227,83,66,0.28); border-radius: var(--radius-xs); padding: 20px 24px; margin: 0 0 24px; } .post-body .admonition-title { font-weight: 700; color: var(--ink); margin-bottom: 8px; } .post-body .admonition > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } .post-body code, .post-body pre { font-family: 'SFMono-Regular', Menlo, Consolas, monospace; } .post-body pre code { background: none; padding: 0; } .post-body blockquote { border-left: 2px solid var(--pink); padding-left: 20px; color: var(--ink3); margin: 0 0 20px; } .post-body table { border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; width: 100%; } .post-body th, .post-body td { border: 1px solid rgba(127,127,127,0.25); padding: 8px 12px; text-align: left; } .post-related { margin-top: 56px; padding-top: 32px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(127,127,127,0.18); } .post-related-list { list-style: none; } .post-related-list li { margin-bottom: 10px; } .post-related-list a { font-family: 'Space Grotesk', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; color: var(--ink2); text-decoration: none; } .post-related-list a:hover { color: var(--pink); } .post-back { margin-top: 56px; } .post-back--top { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 32px; } .post-back a { color: var(--ink2); text-decoration: none; font-family: var(--ff); font-size: 0.85rem; } .post-back a:hover { color: var(--pink); }